Editing Colonia Dignidad (section)

==Villa Baviera era==
[[File:Escuela Villa Baviera.jpg|thumb|School]]
[[File:Laguna Villa Baviera.jpg|thumb|Laguna]]
[[File:Hotel Villa Baviera.jpg|thumb|Hotel]]
[[File:Restorán Villa Baviera.jpg|thumb|Restaurant]]
In 1991, the name of the settlement was changed to "Villa Baviera".<ref name="BBC-2019">{{Cite news|title=Colonia Dignidad: Germany to compensate Chile commune victims |date=18 May 2019 |newspaper=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48318295 }}</ref> Residents of the colony are now allowed free ingress and egress, and some study at [[university]].<ref name=":0" /> As of 2019 Villa Baviera is operated as a [[tourism|tourist resort]],<ref name="BBC-2019" /> something that has been the subject of controversy from human rights activists.<ref>''[[Songs of Repression]]'' (documentary), 2020</ref><ref name=":5" />

When the transition of the colony first started, many of the former victims protested in front of the "Villa Baviera", attached photos of the murdered and disappeared on the fence and compared the use of the former torture site to "installing a McDonald's in Auschwitz".{{cn|date=April 2025}} 

In October 2005, the [[Politics of Chile|Chilean government]] sent a team of coordinators to the colony whose task it was to make sure the inhabitants would be fully integrated into Chilean society. Their main advice was to modernize the estate, so the inhabitants could gain their livelihood within the premises. One of the ideas was to turn the facilities into a "wellness-farm with hot springs and organic yoghurt production".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zuber |first=Helene |date=2005-10-16 |title="Was soll aus uns werden?" |language=de |work=Der Spiegel |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/was-soll-aus-uns-werden-a-8cf2f576-0002-0001-0000-000042736525 |access-date=2022-10-28 |issn=2195-1349}}</ref>